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perchie.girl : Quote: I saw one of my hens once after a tussle over who was going to eat it swallow a whole mouse..... the last thig I saw was its hind feet and tail disappearing down that gullet..... but I am glad they did it because we need all the help on that front we can get. That is...

perchie.girl : Quote: Rabbits also eat their cecals (night feces) which is important for their gut health. And one reason for gut stasis in rabbits is not enough water. I did not know that horses ate manure, and only recently learned that chickens do that. I had seen them pecking at their...

That long straw reminds me of some chicks I had, I was breaking their treat in small pieces for their little mouths, and one picks up this giant bug and swallows it! The beak sure could open real big for a big bug!

Sounds good to me . I am going to be looking for the alfalfa fines at the barn

You all make me smile . I guess my thought about hay is that if there's no hay, a chicken will most likely find something else to impact their gut. I know I get pretty plugged up when I don't drink enough water.

Horses get colic (impaction) and chickens get impacted. My thought has always been that they forgot to drink enough. If they drank enough water, they would not be having this problem. My chickens all free range and have food and watet available. The two impactions I've had had no reason to...

I see my chickens eat all kinds of fiber, twigs, grass, etc. And chicks eat shavings. The 2 crop impactions I've had were all fiberous material. Another died because her gizzard was impacted (necropsy). I don't think hay or no hay would make a difference. If they eat fiber, they eat any...

Quote: I came here to read some old tried and true practices from veteran chicken keepers. The thread was headed "wisdom" not "degrade those who offer their wisdom" . I have alot of respect for what you veterans are saying. Good advice, good conversations. I'm sure hundreds are reading...

Quote: I, too, have learned to watch chick's behavior when it comes to heat. Turns out they spend alot of the day away from the heat lamp.

Quote: Hey Ridge, bet you saw this one........... https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/22812_29255_1-anti_hunter.jpg That news post really makes me laugh--who really had the better life and humane death?

Quote: How can this be true? Corn is a plant native to the Americas. European explorers got it from the native Americans and took it back to Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries, and from there spread it throughout the known world. Here is a reality check: the native americans already had...

Quote: The American Indian did not die off from white man disease, majorly, they died off from the introduction of white man corn. Corn became their main staple, and what happened was they got poor nutrition, poor immune system due to poor nutrition, and all their teeth rotted from the sugar.

Rooster + Hens = chicks or fertile eggs. Build a predator "proof" coop and pen and lock it at night. Don't mess with their pecking order (I've had chickens 4 years, but my Grandma had them for lots of years.)